Deferred execution in C#

Question

How could I implement my own deferred execution mechanism in C#?

So for instance I have:

string x = DoFoo();

Is it possible to perf

Answer 1

One option is to use the Lazy class, formerly from the parallel extensions library now a part of the .Net Framework 4.0.

• Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd642331(VS.100).aspx

It allows you to delay process data in a thread aware manner.